As we await #Jharkhand #ElectionResults tomorrow, a 🧵on what I observed in my few months in the state leading up to elections. 1/ Jharkhand is not just a single state election, but an election of five different geographical zones, with 81 seats, each having its own dynamic

"INDIA bloc will see a greater focus on regional leaders and Congress will need to take a few steps back. One-size-fits-all approaches that talk only of caste census...will not yield electoral dividends." manisha priyam on political impact of JH results tribuneindia.com/news/comment/h…

2024 Election Issue Economic & Political Weekly the issue has 8 essays including the overview [1/3] personally, it was a great learning experience working on the overview piece with two veterans of Indian politics - Prof. KC Suri and Prof. Subrata Mitra !! Link: epw.in/journal/2024/48

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Now: ECI instructs political parties to label all content generated/altered using AI, or content that is digitally altered/enhanced. Hindustan Times

My piece on why the AAP's defeat in Delhi reflects a failure of the political imagination (also true of Congress), the meaning of corruption in political discourse & the inability to mobilize the vast reserve of the urban precariat on progressive lines. frontline.thehindu.com/politics/why-a…

Love this bite of Meera Gupta correcting the reporter's very dumb question about her daughter-in-law and Delhi CM Rekha Gupta managing the household till date. "She managed the house, as well as the community".

Lovely ad! English is truly the link language and the language of aspiration in India

Coercive nationalism on display. Hyderabad's Karachi Bakery forced to put up a banner justifying its name after an outlet was attacked by BJP workers post #OperationSindoor

Why did BJP appoint a Brahmin as Telangana chief? With elections 3 years away, it’s less about caste arithmetic now, more about cross-caste Hindu consolidation, explains CharanTeja + fixing organisation woes and other factors. Nice piece in The Wire m.thewire.in/article/politi…

Pleased to serve as a special editor alongside Rahul Verma for an issue on the 2024 national election for Indian Politics & Policy. In the issue, we seek to interrogate how the results shift our theoretical understanding of Indian politics. Issue: ippjournal.org/volume-5-numbe…